Anybody played any tournaments @ this facility? What do you think of the setup?

 

I like MSC, however I think the fields are a bit too close together and it turns into a shooting gallery when foul balls start flying all over the place from field to field.

 

It is a good place to watch some good baseball. They have tournaments up there just about every weekend during the summer.

Anybody played any tournaments @ this facility? What do you think of the setup?

 

I like MSC, however I think the fields are a bit too close together and it turns into a shooting gallery when foul balls start flying all over the place from field to field.

 

It is a good place to watch some good baseball. They have tournaments up there just about every weekend during the summer.

 

Our personal experience with Memorial Sports was poor setup and fairly weak competition. A lot of younger teams play up due to not having enough teams to play every week. They definetly do not draw the quality of teams that they used to, plus you never know what new rules they will come up with week after week there.:thumb:

Friend of mine's team went there 3 years ago. I was asking him and his dad about the experience. At the time they were a 15 year old team playing up in a 16yo usssa tournament. They had good and bad things to say. They were one of the first teams to play on the field turf infield. A severe thunderstorm had moved in and rained everything out friday night, but they were able to play on saturday and sunday. Here are their pro's and cons.

 

Pros

1. liked the idea of fieldturf infields

2. Good location in nicholasville. Not far from lexington. Hotels and Restaurants within proximity

3. Competition was good but they were playing up in age group

4. Paperwork and contact with tournament director was good

5. Nice park comparable with others that they had been at in TN. and other parts of the country

 

Cons

1. Fieldturf infields were nice but the outfields were terrible.

2. Had to pitch on portable mounds, which are fine for younger ages but not 15/16 year olds with steel cleats. They had a delay in one game because a portable mound actually had fiberglass pieces breaking off and had to be replaced.

3. Foul balls were a problem. Still a mystery. They had played at fields closer together but had never had the foul ball problem that they had there.

4. My friends dad went on and on about this one. The park doesn't allow TEAM COOLERS. He said they had played in parks all over the country and to this day MSC was the only one who would not allow a team cooler. Big blowup over this one. It was a july tournament...right around 100 degrees. He wound up setting the cooler just outside the entrance gate.

Been there a few times. Everything that has been said is true, expecially the coolers. In my last visit, we had already paid our fee and a few teams backed out, they told us if we showed and played the teams that were attending, we would get our fee back. Well, i had to hunt the man down, but we did get our fee after playing 3-4 games. It's an over all good experience for players 13 and under. JMHO